Rnd898
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Not really, you're getting it backwards. Even though Villarreal are a better side than Bournemouth, it was just another show of the EPL's financial dominance that last January the player was on his way to Bournemouth for £20M+ and would no doubt have multiplied his salary (€10K/wk at Villarreal) in the process as well.Wasn’t he pretty poor up until around January, and Villarreal were trying to punt him to Bournemouth? His game looks quite suited to the PL though.
It's true Jackson didn't score anywhere near as much as he should have in the first half of last season but from what I've heard even without the goals he was never playing badly so the potential was always there and that's what Bournemouth were willing to gamble big on him, at least big money by Bournemouth standards. It just so happened Jackson was injured at the time and wasn't set to return till March so Bournemouth decided against bringing him in because they were more in need of immediate reinforcements for their relegation fight.
Right now:What is the Chelsea starting lineup gonna be next season?
Kepa, Chilwell, Colwill, Silva, James, Enzo, Santos, Mudryk, Nkunku, Madueke, Jackson
With players like Badiashile, Gallagher, Sterling etc. also as options for some of the positions. But there's still plenty of business to be done and ideally we'll sign a top midfielder to play next to Enzo instead of the teenager Santos, and maybe also someone like Kudus who can play the RW/ACM roles.